The Biggest Tech IPO Since Uber

The Biggest Tech IPO Since Uber

Author: Morning Brew May 14, 2026 Duration: 20:07
OpenAI is weighing legal action against Apple over a Siri integration it says fell far short. Cerebras opened at $350 in the largest US tech IPO since Uber. Mythos helped researchers crack macOS security, Anthropic restores OpenClaw access with Agent SDK credits, and 71% of Americans oppose local data centers. Sources: OpenAI is weighing legal action against Apple after expectations that ChatGPT's Siri integration would generate billions in revenue fell short (Bloomberg) Security researchers used Anthropic's Mythos to discover a privilege escalation exploit in macOS, circumventing Apple's Memory Integrity Enforcement in five days (WSJ) Cerebras opens at $350, valuing the chipmaker at $100B+, after raising $5.5B by selling 30M shares at $185, the largest US tech IPO since Uber's debut in 2019 (CNBC) Anthropic unveils Claude Agent SDK credits for paid plans, which users can allocate for programmatic use of third-party agents like OpenClaw, starting June 15 (VentureBeat) AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon sign an "agreement in principle" to form a joint venture that aims to end wireless dead zones in the US, without giving many details (The Verge) Gallup: 71% of Americans oppose local AI data center construction, citing water and electricity issues, with opposition higher among Democrats than Republicans (Washington Post) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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My LLM Cutoff Is 1930 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 21:11
Apple beat Q2 estimates and forecast strong Q3 growth as the MacBook Neo and Mac Mini sell out. The Senate unanimously banned prediction market trading for senators, Intel closed its best month ever at +114%, and Musk ad…
Earnings Overload [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 21:11
Big Tech earnings landed — Alphabet soared on cloud growth while Meta dropped 10% after hiking capex to $145B. SoftBank plans an AI/robotics IPO called Roze, Anthropic weighs a $900B+ round, and Musk called himself a "fo…
Elon V. Sam Day 2 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 21:20
The EU escalated its DSA probe against Meta over child safety failures on Instagram and Facebook. OpenAI has effectively abandoned its Stargate JV, China suspended new robotaxi licenses after a Baidu outage, and the Musk…
Musk V. Altman [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 15:28
The Musk v. Altman trial seated a jury in California, with opening arguments set for today. Microsoft and OpenAI amended their partnership, removing the AGI clause. OpenAI missed internal user and revenue targets, Google…
Meta Needs To Rethink Manus [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 21:17
China blocked Meta's $2B Manus acquisition and ordered both sides to unwind the deal, closing the "Singapore washing" loophole for Chinese AI startups. OpenAI is developing smartphone chips with Qualcomm and MediaTek, Go…
All The Headlines, All The Model Drops... [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 23:30
DeepSeek dropped V4 Pro and V4 Flash, undercutting US labs on price by roughly 5x. OpenAI fired back with GPT-5.5, reclaiming benchmark crowns from Claude. Meta confirms 8,000 layoffs on May 20, and Google plans to inves…
Another DeepSeek Moment On The Horizon? [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 22:00
Microsoft considered buying Cursor but didn't pull the trigger before SpaceX's deal. Microsoft launches its first-ever voluntary retirement program, Anthropic's secondary market valuation hits $1T on Forge Global, and Sp…
Elon Buys Cursor? [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 20:50
SpaceX struck a deal giving it the option to acquire Cursor for $60B or pay $10B, as xAI scrambles to catch up in AI coding. Google unveiled new TPUs and an agent platform, OpenAI shipped ChatGPT Images 2.0, and Mythos g…
Tim Cook Rides Into The Sunset [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 21:11
Apple named John Ternus as its next CEO, with Tim Cook stepping up to executive chairman on September 1. Amazon agrees to invest up to $25B more in Anthropic, Bezos' Project Prometheus nears a $10B raise, and SpaceX's IP…
Robots Winning The (Literal) Race [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 21:42
Vercel confirmed a breach traced to an AI platform's compromised OAuth app. The NSA is using Anthropic's Mythos despite the Pentagon blacklist. Mac Minis face 12-week wait times from AI agent demand, and humanoid robots…